Third Base (Posted on 2003-09-15)

	Submitted by Gamer
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As the name of the problem states, you need to convert the letters into numbers, then use base three to condense it into a sensible sentence. To convert each letter into a number, treat space (here a _ means a space) as the first letter, and break every 9 letters. So it's _ABCDEFGH = 0, IJKLMNOPQ = 1, and RSTUVWXYZ = 2. For example, YOU = 212 Then take 3-digit clumps, and convert that into base 10 and its corrosponding letter. 212 = 23, which is W in this case. Converting the newspaper headlines gives WHAT IS THE LARGEST EVEN PRIME, and the newspaper names give WARRITIRE = 202212120, or TWO, AT_IT_SPARED = 020120210200, or FOUR, and TANK_CURE = 201100220 or SIX. The greatest even prime is two, so WARRITIRE is the name of the newspaper. DJ offers a somewhat more detailed explanation here.

	Subject	Author	Date
	Puzzle Thoughts	K Sengupta	2023-03-17 22:53:01
	Solution??	Bry	2003-09-23 20:40:28
	Problem corrected	Gamer	2003-09-22 20:24:09
	anagrams	pat	2003-09-19 12:27:45
	re: Solution, perhaps??	Gamer	2003-09-17 23:55:09
	Solution, perhaps??	DJ	2003-09-17 21:25:59
	re: FOSSIL should be FOSSILL	DJ	2003-09-17 21:03:46
	FOSSIL should be FOSSILL	Gamer	2003-09-17 18:11:19
	I think Im onto something ....	Brian Smith	2003-09-17 14:13:36
	Hmmm	Sam	2003-09-17 02:08:06
	re(2): Hint	Gamer	2003-09-16 17:00:32
	re: Hint	levik	2003-09-16 09:28:25
	Hint	Gamer	2003-09-16 07:37:09
	Hint?	levik	2003-09-16 00:31:50